Historical Events In 1920

Oct 29   Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 30   The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney on this day in history.  

Oct 31   Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes) in the year 1920.  

Oct 31   Romania annexes Bessarabia in the year 1920.  

Nov 01   Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," premieres in NYC in the year 1920.  

Nov 01   James J Kilpatrick, Okla City Okla, columnist (60 Minutes) on this day in history.  

Nov 02   In the year 1920 andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73  

Nov 02   On this day in history fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, composer  

Nov 02   KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station in the year 1920.  

Nov 02   In the year 1920 warren G Harding elected President  

Nov 03   "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater on this day in history.  

Nov 04   Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician (Numbers Game) on this day in history.  

Nov 05   Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate on this day in history.  

Nov 06   In the year 1920 john Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC)  

Nov 08   Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Nov 08   Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn in the year 1920.  

Nov 10   George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Nov 10   Tod Andrews, NYC, actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage) in the year 1920.  

Nov 11   Roy Jenkins, British MP (Labour) in the year 1920.  

Nov 12   Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner on this day in history.  

Nov 12   In the year 1920 richard Quine, Detroit MI, actor/director (Clay Pigeon)  

Nov 13   Hudson River frozen at Albany in the year 1920.  

Nov 14   American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards on this day in history.  

Nov 14   In the year 1920 johnny Desmond, Detroit Mich, singer (Your Hit Parade)  

Nov 15   On this day in history ernst Toller's "Massen und Menschen," premieres in Neurenberg  

Nov 15   In the year 1920 free City of Danzig established under League of Nations protection  

Nov 15   League of Nations holds first meeting, in Geneva on this day in history.  

Nov 16   In the year 1920 australia's Qantas airways founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited  

Nov 16   Betty Hicks, LPGA golfer on this day in history.  

Nov 16   Postage meter first used in US in lieu of postage stamps in the year 1920.  

Nov 18   Alfred William Bedford, test pilot on this day in history.  

Nov 18   Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St NYC on this day in history.  

Nov 19   On this day in history ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner  

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Jan 01   Elisabeth Andersen, [Anna de Bruyn], Dutch actress (Yerma, Titania) was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 01   Roger Peacock, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 02   Duke of Devonshire, English large landowner/art collector was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy)  

Jan 02   Penelope Jessel, politcal activist was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 02   Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 03   Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001) was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 01   On this day in history paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57  

Jan 04   Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (b. 1843) died in the year 1920.  

Jan 07   Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1920 death of john Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (b. 1864)  

Jan 16   In the year 1920 reginald De Koven, composer, dies at 60  

Jan 20   Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876) died in the year 1920.  

Jan 25   Amadeo Modigliani, Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 35 in the year 1920.  

Jan 26   Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered died on this day in history.